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“Our first theater was in Los Angeles (Gardena Cinema), and we originally reached out to theaters in Los Angeles and in San Francisco, when we started our company. It took us awhile to get things going in these markets, so we started to reach out to theaters across the country,” he said.

By the end of 2012, theaters located in the South, the Midwest, and the Northeast joined their program, as well as more located in California.

They hope to have a wide number of Los Angeles and San Francisco-based theaters in their program by the end of summer 2014.

The company also plans to expand more widely throughout the entire nation.

“We're shooting for over 600 locations by the end of 2014 and more than 1,000 locations by the end of 2015. We're also in talks with some of the national chains as well, and if something happens there, we'd get a considerable boost in our footprint and blow past our 600+/1000+ theater location goals.”

Plans For 2014 And Beyond

Though the film-going experience is viewed as classically American, after going national Dealflicks wants to be a global enterprise.

“Our theaters are seeing increases in attendance up to 20% per location,” he said. “We believe Dealflicks can be a billion-dollar company by taking our concept worldwide, helping moviegoers have a better moviegoing experience, and helping our theater partners generate more revenue and attendance.”